History

French-Canadian fur trappers of the Hudson's Bay Company gave the name Riviere des Chutes (River of the Falls) to the Deschutes River, from which the county derived its name.

On December 13, 1916, Deschutes County was created from the southern part of Crook County. Bend has been the county seat since the county's formation. It was the last county in Oregon to be established.

The Shevlin-Hixon Lumber Company also operated within the Bend area processing Ponderosa pine trees.

History

French-Canadian fur trappers of the Hudson's Bay Company gave the name Riviere des Chutes (River of the Falls) to the Deschutes River, from which the county derived its name.

On December 13, 1916, Deschutes County was created from the southern part of Crook County. Bend has been the county seat since the county's formation. It was the last county in Oregon to be established.

The Shevlin-Hixon Lumber Company also operated within the Bend area processing Ponderosa pine trees.

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• Installing 6 miles of pipe to replace an open canal used by the TumaloIrrigation District in DeschutesCounty, with conserved water to be dedicated to in-stream flows ... • Excavating the Pinchot reservoir in GrantCounty to return it to full storage capacity....

Two DeschutesCounty inmates on a work crew got drunk on the alcohol from hand sanitizer, then went joyriding on a stolen ATV until deputies caught up with them Wednesday, authorities say. Christopher G. Turre, 30, and Shawn D ...Wine has 10 percent to 15 percent alcohol, and beer contains 5 to 10 percent ... and saw the gate had been forced open ... ....

Malheur County voters gave 6,313 votes to Walden, 2,089 votes to McLeod-Skinner and 475 votes to Roberts. However, McLeod-Skinner at last count was carrying DeschutesCounty by a very narrow margin and Hood RiverCounty... In Malheur County, voters went for Buehler over Brown by a margin of 5,960 votes to 2,122 votes....

For instance, people who grow medical marijuana in DeschutesCounty must comply with rules for odor, noise, screening and fencing, water, security cameras and secure waste disposal ...DeschutesCounty officials have raised this issue again and again....